Vietnamese, US Presidents chair press conference

Hanoi (VNA) – President Tran Dai
Quang and President Donald Trump co-chaired a joint press conference in Hanoi
on November 12 to inform the outcomes of their talks.

President Quang told reporters that during Trump’s visit to Vietnam, the two
sides issued a joint statement, agreeing to further deepen the bilateral
comprehensive partnership in the principle of respecting independence,
sovereignty, territorial integrity and political system in the respective
countries.

The relations between Vietnam and the US have
developed in various fields in recent years such as politics-diplomacy,
economics-trade, science-technology, health care, and people-to-people
exchanges.

The high-level delegation exchanges, including
the US visit by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc in May 2017 and the first State
visit to Vietnam by President Donald Trump, are important to promote the
bilateral comprehensive partnership.

Vietnam and the US agreed to beef up
economic-trade-investment relations for mutual benefits, minimise trade-investment
disputes, and implement more effectively signed economic deals, Quang said.

The two countries will forge ahead with
cooperation in science-technology, environment, climate change, humanitarian
activities, human resources training, and people-to-people exchanges to enhance
the bilateral comprehensive partnership for the sake of their peoples as well
as peace, stability, cooperation and development in the region and beyond, he
added.

President Trump thanked the Vietnamese
Government and people for supporting the US to search for US servicemen missing
in action during the war in Vietnam.

He congratulated President Tran Dai Quang on his
successful chair of the APEC Economic Leaders’ Week, which has freshly
concluded in the central city of Da Nang.

Trump said the US committed to a free and open
Indo-Pacific region where independent countries respect each other's
sovereignty, adhere to the rule of law and develop responsible trade.-VNA